This breezy, blue sky morning I went in search of flowers celebrating spring. For some reason almost all the flowers were white. I wonder if it is for the pollinators as many butterflies have recently appeared and white is a favorite flower color of pollinators – or just pale serendipity. More garden happenings to ponder.
To contrast the whiteness, I selected some colorful foliage, then added a little more, then took some cuttings in hopes of getting a few more coleus and eventually spied some yellow daisies! Ah!
The vase is a oversized wineglass I painted at a fundraiser for a friend’s charity. To match my Portmerion Botanic Garden china. This glass has seen more action as a Vase than a wineglass. The glasses were supposed to be baked somehow before using and I never got around to it. So, it is really a Vase.
The close ups:
The flowers: In yellow, Beach Sunflowers (Helianthus debilis); white daisies, Bidens alba; white spikes, “White Flame” Salvia.
The foliage: In chartreuse, an unknown Coleus (hoping for roots); ferny, Bronze Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare); varigated and pink, Chicken Gizzard plant (Iresine herbstii); burgundy, Purple Prince Alternanthera.
Cheers to Cathy this Monday! Thanks for hosting IAVOM. To view more vases, visit Cathy’s blog by following this link, RamblingintheGarden.
The Shrub Queen 
White is not so bad. The bronze fennel reminded me that I did not dig and relocate mine like I should have yesterday. It is sort of abandoned where it will not get any water. I will return before it gets too dry.
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Yes, the fennel wilts quickly..
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Oh, I did not intend to imply that yours looks wilted.
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I didn’t take it that way..mine is in a pot and wilts daily.
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Mine is in a pot and wants to be in the ground. I know that, although I am not so keen on it now, I will end up liking it if it becomes a permanent feature in the garden.
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Are they perennial there? I don’t think I have had one in Florida.
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I assume they are perennial. I never kept one long enough to find out. The bulbing sort get taken before they bloom, within their first year, and replaced later by seedlings. This bronze specimen is a foliar type, but was abandoned where I found it a few years ago.
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That is a very happy bouquet. I like your wine glass, maybe better for flowers than wine.
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I think so.
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I love your wineglass vase. You did a great job embellishing it with both paint and flowers too.
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Thank you, Kris.
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I always love to see your beach sunflowers and you have cleverly matched petals, centres, foliage etc of the contents to create a prettily cohesive spring vase (glass!). Thanks for sharing them
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Thanks, Cathy. Eliza grows the Beach Sunflowers as annuals in New England.
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A nice mix of color and textures. Love the hand-painted wineglass/vase!
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Thanks Eliza
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Cheers! It really is a cheerful vase/glass Amelia. A lovely painting and lucky you having the Portmeirion Botanic Garden china to go with it, which I have always admired. I love the yellow daisies/sunflowers! 😃 I had no idea white is a favoured colour for pollinators. Have a lovely blue sky week!
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That is really pretty. Cheers to spring, indeed! You are so talented with selecting flowers and elements for your arrangements, and with the arranging, itself. Love this one!
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Thank you, I love to play with colors and textures.
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